BookSteam vs. Calendly

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BookSteam
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
BookSteam provides an online appointment scheduling platform to small or large businesses around the world.
$19.95
Per User per Month
Calendly
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Calendly is appointment scheduling software from the company of the same name in Atlanta, Georgia. Calendly is available via a free plan that allows users to book unlimited 1:1 appointments. Paid plans, starting at $8 per month enable meetings with multiple invitees, a customizable appointment page, and more advanced integrations than those available on the free plan. The Pro plan includes appointment reminders, and follow up workflows. Calendly's more recently launched enterprise plan (launched…
$10
per month per seat
Pricing
BookSteamCalendly
Editions & Modules
Solo
$19.95
Per User per Month
Small
$29.95
Per User per Month
Medium
$39.95
Per User per Month
Large
$69.95
Per User per Month
Free
$0
Standard
$10.00
per month per seat
Teams
$16.00
per month per seat
Enterprise
Starts at 15k/year
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BookSteamCalendly
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
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User Ratings
BookSteamCalendly
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(3 ratings)
9.6
(86 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(32 ratings)
User Testimonials
BookSteamCalendly
Likelihood to Recommend
BookSteam
BookSteam is suited pretty much for any business that takes appointments. It's perfect for businesses who don't want the hassle of phone scheduling, rescheduling, calling people back and talking to the answering machine. Everything is automated and done online. I believe they even offer class scheduling, so that is also perfect for businesses who need group scheduling.
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Calendly
It's well suited for music students' lessons. It's well suited for online coaching, primarily through places like Zoom and more. It helps simplify things for your clients, lets you program your schedule, and allows it all to go automatically! If you are working with a senior population, it may be a little tricky for them to sign up and then really hard for them to cancel lessons. There isn't a way to go to the site and cancel. You have to pull up the confirmed email and cancel from there, but people can lose emails.
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Pros
BookSteam
  • Online scheduling, canceling, re-booking customers.
  • Taking payments online via PayPal at the time the client books.
  • Sending out sms reminders and sms confirmations so clients will not miss their event.
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Calendly
  • Sync with multiple calendar types so my schedule is always current.
  • Integration with Zoom to schedule meetings, send invites, and populate my Zoom app accordingly.
  • Automatic email communication to all parties with all relevant details in a clear format.
  • Allowing team members to do the same in a way that I'm also notified of what meetings are taking place saves a lot of time in terms of coordinating to find out what other people are doing.
  • Well-designed interface that simplifies everything down to its clearest expression. Language instruction and interaction are wonderfully simple and clear.
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Cons
BookSteam
  • Might be a more complex tool - needs its learning curve
  • The possibility to use it as a way to provide classes or webinars in series may be a bit complicated
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Calendly
  • After a meeting is booked, having the ability to change the location without canceling the entire booking.
  • Being able to offer 2 different locked in locations for certain time periods of the day within the same event. So you're not having to create 2 events for the same thing, only different locations.
  • Giving users permission to create their own routing forms. We run an independent business model where our users like to have control over their subscriptions.
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Likelihood to Renew
BookSteam
No answers on this topic
Calendly
For all reasons like workflows, UI, and the way Calendly keeps all of us engaged through the Collective forum. It's indeed undeniable that no other product covers all business needs like Calendly does. On the other side, this has also reduced the workload by enabling us to focus more on other tasks for the day
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Usability
BookSteam
No answers on this topic
Calendly
I gave Calendly an 8 because overall I think it is very much user friendly even for someone who has never used anything similar. The only issue I have had with usability is what I already stated about how the settings are in sub categories making some things difficult to find at first.
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Support Rating
BookSteam
No answers on this topic
Calendly
I only reached out to Support once but they were very prompt and easy to work with. I had some questions about setting up the follow-up emails for after people would do the interview. They were very helpful and gave assistance and we solved the issue very fast. I would definitely recommend.
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Alternatives Considered
BookSteam
I tried to use few other scheduling systems before but I always thought they were somewhat incomplete, something was always missing, from design point of view to missing features. For me it's always about ease of use and how everything is organized. I can say that BookSteam got it all figured out and I recommend it
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Calendly
When I started using it, there were not many competitors in this space. I've seen some like Mixmax that seem to work well for solopreneurs or where free version might be better than Calendly's free version. I use the paid version of Calendly and it's just kept serving us well so why change?
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Return on Investment
BookSteam
  • Customers are happy as they can book themselves online any time.
  • Our staff is happy as they have their own access.
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Calendly
  • Positive: When people want to meet, I can simply send my Calendly link and it takes less than 5 seconds to do.
  • Positive: It integrates well with Zoom, which means that by default all my appointments include Zoom information for a remote call.
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ScreenShots

BookSteam Screenshots

Screenshot of BookSteam Business Listing PageScreenshot of BookSteam Calendar View